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Updated: 11:06 PM CST Feb 8, 2017

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WEBVTT PATTY: I HAVE BEEN READINGTHE STACK OF COURT DOCUMENTSINVOLVING TIMOTHY DEFFNER.HE HAD A DIVORCE HEARINGAND JUST RECENTLY, THERE WAS ANARREST WARRANT FOR HIM.NORMAN POLICE FOUND BRYAN YOUNGSHOT INSIDE HIS HOME ON TRISHALANE.FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER ON LINDSSTREET, CAYANN PATTERSON WASFOUND SHOT OUTSIDE HER HOME, AFIRE WAS ALSO REPORTED THERE.>> MR. YOUNG WAS MS. PATTERSON'SATTORNEY THE SUSPECT WAS THEESTRANGED HUSBAND, THERE WAS ANONGOING CIVIL LITIGATION GOINGON.PATTY: THE HUSBAND, TIMOTHYDEFFNER, ON THE RUN THROUGH THENIGHT WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND.>> THE SUBJECT DECEASED IN POTTIS OUR SUSPECT FROM THE TWOHOMICIDES.PATTY: COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW,PATTERSON AND DEFFNER WERE GOINGA BITTER DIVORCE.THEY MARRIED IN FEBRUARY 2014.COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW PATTERSONAND HER DAUGHTER HAD FILEDSEVERAL PROTECTIVE ORDERSAGAINST DEFFNER.THEY DESCRIBE VIOLENCE IN THEHOME, ALCOHOL, GUNS, ANDTHREATS.PATTERSON SAID QUOTE DURING HISFITS OF VIOLENCE, HE SAID WILL KILL MY CHILDREN AND HAVEME WATCH BEFORE HE KILLS ME.ONE EVEN MENTIONED BURNING THEHOUSE DOWN.>> WE TAKE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OFINCIDENTS SERIOUSLY.PATTY: LAST WEEK, DEFFNER WASCHARGED WITH 5 COUNTS OFFORGERY.HIS IN-LAWS ALLEGE HE STOLENEARLY $70,000 FROM THEM.AFTER THE SHOOTING LASTNIGHT, POLICE ALERTED ALL THEJUDGES INVOLVED IN THE LEGAL

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Updated: 11:06 PM CST Feb 8, 2017

NORMAN, Okla. —

Court documents show that the man accused of killing two people and then turning the gun on himself early Wednesday morning was going through a bitter divorce with one of the victims.

Norman police found Bryan Young early Wednesday morning shot inside his home on Trisha Lane. About 15 minutes later, Cayann Patterson was found shot outside her home on Lindsey Street, where a fire also was reported.

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"Mr. Young was Ms. Patterson's attorney. It appears the gentleman involved, who was identified as the suspect, was the estranged husband," Norman police Chief Keith Humphrey said. "Apparently there was an ongoing civil litigation."

The husband, Timothy Deffner, was on the run through the night and eventually was found dead.

"The subject that is deceased in Pottawatomie County is our suspect from the two homicides," Humphrey said.

Patterson and Deffner were involved in a bitter divorce. They had been married since February 2014.

Patterson and her daughter had filed several protective orders against Deffner, according to court documents. They describe violence in the home, alcohol, guns and threats.

Patterson told investigators that "during his fits of violence, he said he would kill my children and have me watch before he kills me." One document mentioned how he would burn down the house.

"We take any of those types of incidents seriously," Humphreys said.

Deffner was charged last week with five counts of forgery after his in-laws allege that he stole nearly $70,000 from them.